- Movement of tectonic plates: When Earth’s plates collide, slide past, or move away from each other, stress builds up and is released suddenly as an earthquake.
- Volcanic activity: Eruptions can cause earthquakes when magma forces its way through cracks in the crust, creating tremors around the volcano.
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प्रश्न
State two natural causes of an earthquake.
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Earthquake and its causes
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पाठ 8: Earthquakes - EXERCISES [पृष्ठ ७९]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give a geographical reason.
Buildings collapsed at the foothills of the Himalayas because of an earthquake. Before collapsing, they were moving forward and backward.
Give reasons why an earthquake occurs.
Fill in the blank:
___________ are the first earthquake waves to be recorded on a seismograph of an earthquake.
What is called an earthquake?
What is known as the Richter scale?
How are earthquakes useful?
How is the intensity of an earthquake measured?
Describe the world’s distribution of earthquakes.
Why are earthquakes related to volcanoes?
Give reasons for the following:
Internal processes are different from external processes.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by ______.
Define Earthquake.
What is Seismograph?
On an outline map of the world, mark the Pacific Ring of Fire
The earthquake is a ______ activity.
Give a note on Tsunami 2004.
An earthquake of magnitude ______ scale can cause damage from things falling.
Choose the odd one.
focus, epicenter, vent, seismic waves
